
James Bay-Hold Back The River
BPM 135 - VOX - BIG REVERB SOUND - PERHAPS TRY
VARIATION ON DOUBLING - NOT MANY HARMONIES
when playing C in verse 3555 3556 then normal open C
[Intro]octaves 1...3.5.....8.10.....8.5.......
8.10.....8.5.........555-3--change to B 6-5 E 8
[Verse- very staccato - no drums muted chords - rhythm XxxX xXxx] [Dm] Tried to
[F] Keep you
[Bb] close to
[F] me,
but
[Bb] Life got
[F] in between
[C] [Csus4] [C] (Add bass drum on 1)
[Dm] Tried to
[F] square not
[Bb] being
[F] there
but
[Bb] think that
[F] I should have b
[C] been
[Csus4] [C] [Chorus - light snare - straight beat with snare - offbeats with bass at end](Drum pattern BxSx BxSx BxSx BxSB)
[Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
[Bb] Hold back the river, so I
[F] Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
[F] Hold back the river,
[C] hold back
[Verse - full beat - straight beat with snare - offbeats with bass] (Drum pattern BxSx BBSB xBSx BBSx)
[Dm] Once upon
[F] a dif
[Bb] different
[F] life
We
[Bb] rode our
[F] bikes into the
[C] sky
[Csus4] [C] [Dm] But now we
[F] fall
[Bb] against the
[F] tide
Those
[Bb] distant
[F] days are flashing
[C] by
[Csus4] [C] [Chorus - straighter beat - offbeats towards end of each 2nd bar][Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
[Bb] Hold back the river, so I
[F] Can stop for a minute and be by your side
[F] Hold back the river,
[C] hold back
[Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
[Bb] Hold back the river, so I
[F] Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
[F] Hold back the river,
[C] hold back
[Instrumental - 'Ho' - same chords as verse]Dm F Bb F Bb F C (3555 3556 then normal open C)
[Bridge - Finger pick first - then more fuller
strumming for second section][F] Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
[Bb] let us wander
[Gm] Let us hold each other
[F] Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
[Bb] let us wander
[Gm] Let us hold each other
[Chorus][Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
[Bb] Hold back the river, so I
[F] Can stop for a minute and be by your side
[F] Hold back the river,
[C] hold back
[Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
[Bb] Hold back the river, so I
[F] Can stop for a minute and be by your side
[F] Hold back the river,
[C] hold back
[Outro] "Lonely Water"
[F] Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
[Bb] let us wander
[Gm] Let us hold each other
[F] Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
[Bb] let us wander
[Gm] Let us hold each other